#A8272A#A8272A

#A8272A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.165 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8272A
RGB	rgb(168, 39, 42)
HSL	hsl(359, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(359, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 75%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.74, 51.67, 30.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.74, 60.23, 30.92°)
OKLab	oklab(48.33% 0.1499 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(48.33% 0.165 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.2939, 9.9457, 3.1992)
Luminance	0.0994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8272A #27A8A5

analogous

#A8276A #A8272A #A86527

triadic

#A8272A #2AA827 #272AA8

tetradic

#A8272A #6AA827 #27A8A5 #6527A8

square

#A8272A #6AA827 #27A8A5 #6527A8

split-complementary

#A8272A #27A865 #276AA8

monochromatic

#451011 #761B1E #A8272A #D13B3E #DD6C6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#A8272A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A8272A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8272A

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8272A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8272A	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8272a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 39, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.165 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6c64',
    500: '#a8272a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8272a;
$custom-light: #ca6c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8272a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.605,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4833,
    "c": 0.16527,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8272A

secondary

#67C3C1

accent

#E5E242

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8272A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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